- Perl Kit, Version 3.0
+ Perl Kit, Version 4.0
- Copyright (c) 1989,1990, Larry Wall
+ Copyright (c) 1989,1990,1991, Larry Wall
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
1) Run Configure. This will figure out various things about your system.
Some things Configure will figure out for itself, other things it will
ask you about. It will then proceed to make config.h, config.sh, and
- Makefile.
+ Makefile. If you're a hotshot, run Configure -d to take all the
+ defaults and then edit config.sh to patch up any flaws.
You might possibly have to trim # comments from the front of Configure
if your sh doesn't handle them, but all other # comments will be taken
Most of them should have been taken care of by running the Configure script.
If you have any additional changes to make to the C definitions, they
- can be done in the Makefile, or in config.h. Bear in mind that they will
- get undone next time you run Configure.
+ can be done in cflags.SH. For instance, to turn off the optimizer
+ on eval.c, find the line in the switch structure for eval.c and
+ put the command $optimize='-g' before the ;;. You will probably
+ want to change the entry for teval.c too. To change the C flags
+ for all the files, edit config.sh and change either $ccflags or $optimize.
3) make depend
Some compilers will not compile or optimize the larger files without
some extra switches to use larger jump offsets or allocate larger
- internal tables. It's okay to insert rules for specific files into
+ internal tables. You can customize the switches for each file in
+ cflags.SH. It's okay to insert rules for specific files into
Makefile.SH, since a default rule only takes effect in the
absence of a specific rule.
+ Most of the following hints are now done automatically by Configure.
+
The 3b2 needs to turn off -O.
+ Compilers with limited switch tables may have to define -DSMALLSWITCHES
Domain/OS 10.3 (at least) native C 6.7 may need -opt 2 for eval.c
AIX/RT may need a -a switch and -DCRIPPLED_CC.
+ AIX RS/6000 needs to use system malloc and avoid -O on eval.c and toke.c.
+ AIX RS/6000 needs -D_NO_PROTO.
SUNOS 4.0.[12] needs #define fputs(str,fp) fprintf(fp,"%s",str) in perl.h
SUNOS 3.[45] should use the system malloc.
- SGI machines may need -Ddouble="long float".
- Ultrix (2.3) may need to hand assemble teval.s with a -J switch.
+ SGI machines may need -Ddouble="long float" and -O1.
+ Vax-based systems may need to hand assemble teval.s with a -J switch.
Ultrix on MIPS machines may need -DLANGUAGE_C.
+ Ultrix 4.0 on MIPS machines may need -Olimit 2900 or so.
Ultrix 3.[01] on MIPS needs to undefine WAITPID--the system call is busted.
MIPS machines may need to undef d_volatile.
- MIPS machines may need to turn off -O on perly.c and tperly.c.
+ MIPS machines may need to turn off -O on cmd.c, perl.c and tperl.c.
Some MIPS machines may need to undefine CASTNEGFLOAT.
- SCO Xenix may need -m25000 for yacc.
Xenix 386 needs -Sm11000 for yacc, and may need -UM_I86.
+ SCO Xenix may need -m25000 for yacc. See also README.xenix.
Genix needs to use libc rather than libc_s, or #undef VARARGS.
NCR Tower 32 (OS 2.01.01) may need -W2,-Sl,2000 and #undef MKDIR.
+ A/UX may appears to work with -O -B/usr/lib/big/ optimizer flags.
+ A/UX needs -lposix to find rewinddir.
A/UX may need -ZP -DPOSIX, and -g if big cc is used.
FPS machines may need -J and -DBADSWITCH.
UTS may need one or more of -DCRIPPLED_CC, -K or -g, and undef LSTAT.
+ dynix may need to undefine CASTNEGFLOAT (d_castneg='undef' in config.sh).
+ Dnix (not dynix) may need to remove -O.
+ IRIX 3.3 may need to undefine VFORK.
+ HP/UX may need to pull cerror.o and syscall.o out of libc.a and link
+ them in explicitly.
If you get syntax errors on '(', try -DCRIPPLED_CC or -DBADSWITCH or both.
Machines with half-implemented dbm routines will need to #undef ODBM & NDBM.
+ If you have GDBM available and want it instead of NDBM, say -DHAS_GDBM.
C's that don't try to restore registers on longjmp() may need -DJMPCLOBBER.
(Try this if you get random glitches.)
See the README in the t subdirectory. Note that you can't run it
in background if this disables opening of /dev/tty. If "make test"
bombs out, just cd to the t directory and run TEST by hand to see if
- it makes any difference.
+ it makes any difference. If individual tests bomb, you can run
+ them by hand, e.g., ./perl op/groups.t
6) make install
7) Read the manual entry before running perl.
8) IMPORTANT! Help save the world! Communicate any problems and suggested
- patches to me, lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Larry Wall), so we can
+ patches to me, lwall@netlabs.com (Larry Wall), so we can
keep the world in sync. If you have a problem, there's someone else
out there who either has had or will have the same problem.
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